Protector for telegraph and other poles.



. AB.. B. LAMB. PROTECTOR POR; TELEGRAPH AND OTHER POLBS.

APPLIQA'MQN FILED una, 1909.4

Patented Oct. 19, 1909.K

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Wannen/I @dft vREsroitE Ea LAMB,

or MOUNT HoLLY, NEW JERSEY;

PRoTECToREoR .TELEGRAEH AND OTHER PoLEs.

To all whom it may concern-f Be it known that I, REsroRE B. LAMB, acitizen of the IUnited States, residing at Mount Holly, county ofBurlington, State of N ew/ Jersey, have invented a new andusefulyr/otector forTelegi-aph and other Poles, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention consists of a device adapted /to sustain and preserve theportion of a telegraph, telephone or other pole that isset in theground, and protect the same fromthe influenceot the earth and Waterthereat.

For the purpose of explaining the' invention, the accompanying drawingillustrates y a satisfactory reduction ot' the same to practice, but theimportant instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to beunderstood that the invention is' not limited to the specificarrangement and. organization shown and described.

Figure l represents a perspective View of la portion of a devicelembodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section thereof online s-, Fig. l andline 2*.2,

Fig. 3. Fig. 3 represents a horizont-al sectien on line g/-3/, Fig. 2;

Similar letters of reference'indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the draWings.:-`A designates a casing or jacket- Which 1sadapted vto oc- .7. cupy an excavation in the ground about the portionof the telegraph, telephone or other pole B below thev surface oftheground, and is of greater diameter than said pole so as to receivethestakes C, which vertically occupy ,the casing-.and vare .driven intothe ground below said excavation,

'. round and tighten against the adjacent portion of the pole VBandserve to sustain the 40 same in its llipright position and preventcollapsing of the casing. In the existing spaces of the casingbetweenthe stakes, there is'tlling D of asphalt or other'suitable mate rialwhich contacts with the adjacent -por- ^4,5jtionsfof`the stakes and poleand serves to protectthe same from the injurious influencev of theearth, vvater 'and moisture of the ex` cavation, whil also sustainingthe stakes in their operative" positions. The Wall of the 0 casing isdivided vertically as at E, so that the casing.'may be readily appliedaround the polepri'or or subsequent to the settin i up of the latter,and the Walls of the division are'connected by the vertical cleat`F,which is located on the inside' of the same Speeication of LettersPatent. Application filed February 8, 1909.

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and secured thereto by nails, screws or anysaid cleat alsooccupyagainstthe ad-` other suitable means, ing the casing A and bearingjacent portion ofthe'poleB similar to the stakes C, and assisting thelatter in their purposes, as most apparent in Fig. 3.

In practice, the casing A may be formed of suitable fabric saturatedorimprcguatcd With asphalt or other matter of a nature adapted to rendertheA same ordinarily uninluenced by-earth, water, etc., and so renderedcomparatively indestructible.

On the top of the casing-the filling, the stakes and cleat andsurrounding the adjacent portion of thepole, is a mound formed of a massG of cement or other material of non-.inflammable nature, which preventssaid parts from being ignited and burned, it also acting as a water-shedfor evident purposes.

lIt is evident that when tiie mound is re- I'noved, the casing may beelevated and the cleat F disconnected, when the casing may be opened anddisplaced from the pole for purposes requiring the same.

Having thus described my invention, what desire to secure by LettersPatent, is i l., In a protector of the character stated, a casingadapted to inclose an object to be protected, spacing' stakes in saidcasing between the wall thereof and said object and extended. beyond thebottoni edge of sa id easing, and filling material Within the casingbetween said stakes and around said ohject. I

2. In a protector of the protected, the wall ot said casing being divided vertically, and means for connecting the end-portions ot thedivision of the casing, said means forming a spacing stake within thecasing and adapted to contact with the object inclosed.

3. In a protector of the character stated, a casing adapted to inclosean object to be protected, spacing stakes within said casing around andin Contact with said casing and said object, and filling material withinsaid casing between said stakes.

4. In a protector of the character stated, a casing, the wall of whichis divided vcrtieally, meansI for connectingthe eudlportions ofy thedivision ot' thc. casing, said means constituting a .spacing stakewithin the casing, an additional spacing stake witlr character stated,acasing adapted to mclose an object to he in the casing, and.. filling.lmaterial rWithin said stakes and around saidobject, und ma! l0 saidcasing between said stakes and around tex-ie! of non-infiammable naturecovering the object to be protected.

5. In a protectork of the character stated, a'casn'g adapted to inclosean objectto be protected, spacing stakes in said casing bel tween' thewail thereof and said object and contacting with said Object and casing,and

filling material within the casing betweeny the top of the device andrising above the same.

. RESTORE B.- LAMB.

. Witnesses:

L. S. BOYCE, WMJV. ALLINSON.

